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  • Aug 7, 2014
  • By By KELLY SULLIVAN

State salmon harvest surpasses 104 million as season winds down

The statewide commercial salmon catch has topped 100 million fish.Through Aug. 5, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, or ADFG, estimated that commercial fishermen… Continue reading

  • Aug 7, 2014
  • By Molly Dischner

Judge orders environmental assessment for observer program

A federal judge ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare a supplemental environmental assessment for the revised marine observer program that was implemented in… Continue reading

  • Aug 7, 2014
  • By Molly Dischner

Second Binkley Street roundabout now open

The second in the series of three roundabouts constructed on Binkley Street in Soldotna is now open. The intersection of Redoubt Avenue and Binkley has… Continue reading

  • Aug 7, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan

LNG review board holds first meeting

Despite fears that their voices would not be heard, at least one borough mayor returned from the inaugural meeting of the Municipal Advisory Gas Project… Continue reading

  • Aug 7, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI

Micciche, Treider face off for Senate District O

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories looking at area candidates for the Alaska Legislature. The battle for Senate District O… Continue reading

  • Aug 7, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER and RASHAH McCHESNEY

Taste and See…

Have you ever read a passage in scripture and wondered what God meant when he wrote it? I love to read from the book of… Continue reading

  • Aug 7, 2014
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Randy Dayton, of Idaho, pulls his line in to release a pink salmon Wednesday August 6, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska. The pink salmon run has been strong in 2014 and many anglers have reported difficulty in catching other species of fish due to the volume of pinks in the Kenai River.

Whether they like it or not, anglers catch plenty of pink salmon

Randy Dayton landed 33 pink salmon in an hour and a half as he flipped for red salmon at Centennial Park in Soldotna. During the… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Randy Dayton, of Idaho, pulls his line in to release a pink salmon Wednesday August 6, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska. The pink salmon run has been strong in 2014 and many anglers have reported difficulty in catching other species of fish due to the volume of pinks in the Kenai River.

Pinks impossible not to catch

Pinks Pink fishing is excellent right now on both rivers, said assistant area management biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Jason Pawluk.… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A firefighter lights a pile of hay with a flare at the beginning of a Central Emergency Services training drill Wednesday August 6, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska. Crews spent the day in training drills in a new CES facility off of Arc Loop Road.

Taking the heat, learning the fire

In a gravel lot on Arc Loop road, four men with nearly a century of firefighting experience among them, stood hunched over in the noon… Continue reading

  • Aug 6, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A firefighter lights a pile of hay with a flare at the beginning of a Central Emergency Services training drill Wednesday August 6, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska. Crews spent the day in training drills in a new CES facility off of Arc Loop Road.

Assembly upholds mayor’s veto

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly stood behind the borough mayor on his veto of the body’s decision to ask voters if they want a 3… Continue reading

  • Aug 5, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI

Judge spikes Resetarits charges

Superior Court Judge Carl Bauman on Wednesday dismissed second-degree sexual assault charges against two brothers alleged to have assaulted a teenage boy with an object… Continue reading

  • Aug 6, 2014
  • By MICHAEL ARMSTRONGand RASHAH McCHESNEY
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A pump diverts water from an overflowing drainage ditch into another, shallower one near Kalgin Dr. in the Kalifornsky Beach area. ,Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A pump diverts water from an overflowing drainage ditch into another, shallower one near Kalgin Dr. in the Kalifornsky Beach area.

K-Beach residents elect to start flooding task force

A coalition of experts and more than 60 Kalifornsky Beach Road residents gathered at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex Tuesday to determine what is the… Continue reading

  • Aug 6, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A pump diverts water from an overflowing drainage ditch into another, shallower one near Kalgin Dr. in the Kalifornsky Beach area. ,Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A pump diverts water from an overflowing drainage ditch into another, shallower one near Kalgin Dr. in the Kalifornsky Beach area.

Assembly upholds mayor’s veto

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly stood behind the borough mayor on his veto of the body’s decision to ask voters if they want a 3… Continue reading

  • Aug 6, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
Homer grad completes boot camp and marries in the same month

Homer grad completes boot camp and marries in the same month

It’s been a busy and challenging 90 days for Homer High School class of 2014 grad Zachary Gardner. Last week he returned from completing his… Continue reading

Homer grad completes boot camp and marries in the same month
Governor Parnell tours Tesoro's new processing control room and signs bills

Governor Parnell tours Tesoro’s new processing control room and signs bills

It was a good day for Tesoro and their employees as Governor Sean Parnell accompanied by commissioners and local legislators and officials attended a bill… Continue reading

Governor Parnell tours Tesoro's new processing control room and signs bills
Exchange students head home & arrive home

Exchange students head home & arrive home

For over 3 decades the Rotary Club of Soldotna has been a participant of the Rotary Youth Exchange program that host’s and sends students to… Continue reading

Exchange students head home & arrive home
Mother Nature shines on Soldotna's 55th Progress Days

Mother Nature shines on Soldotna’s 55th Progress Days

With rainy days on both sides of the Soldotna Progress Days weekend Mother Nature proved again this year that she smiles upon the hard work… Continue reading

Mother Nature shines on Soldotna's 55th Progress Days
Photo courtesy Stephen Robertson

1 injured in house fire

A man at his Nikiski home sustained severe burns from a house fire Tuesday morning and was transported to an Anchorage hospital by LifeMed, according… Continue reading

  • Aug 6, 2014
Photo courtesy Stephen Robertson